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Udit C

6 years ago

1) We do not know the cost per watt. $20 by itself means nothing;
2) There are safety issues with both hydrogen and oxygen storage and use;
3) The cost of solar PV, the primary source continues at $2-5 pr peak watt.

New Delhi: Buoyed by robust performance of the economy in the second quarter, a top advisor in the finance ministry today said it is possible to record 9% growth this fiscal, reports PTI.

"It is not impossible any more. We are very close to that," chief economic advisor (CEA) Kaushik Basu told reporters when asked whether the economy will grow by 9% in the current fiscal.

The robust second quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data also prompted finance minister Pranab Mukherjee to say that the Indian economy will grow by 8.7%-8.75% in the current fiscal.

"We may be confident that at the end of this year the GDP growth will not be less than 8.7%-8.75%. I always go by conservative estimates," Mr Mukherjee said.

GDP for the first half of the current financial year has risen to 8.9% as against 7.5% during the corresponding period of the last fiscal.

Mr Basu said business services, which have done historically very well, grew by 8.3% in the second quarter.

"This is worse than the past. If we can do well in this segment, then it is possible that we will break into 9% sooner than we expected," he said on the sidelines of an international conference on economy organised by the finance ministry.

HSBC Group country head Naina Lal Kidwai said there is a very strong chance of Indian economy clocking 9% growth this fiscal because underlying growth along all the aspects, including agriculture, is positive.

"We will see more investments by industry next year because in lots of companies capacity utilisation is 90% plus," she said.

Finance secretary Ashok Chawla, however, was not as sure whether the economy will expand by 9% this fiscal.

"It is very difficult at this stage to say whether we will breach 9%, but hope for the best," he said.

Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council chairman C Rangarajan also said that economy may grow a shade above 8.5% this fiscal.

"I will still say it could be above 8.5%," Mr Rangarajan said when asked whether the economy would grow by 9%.

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A Kumar

6 years ago

I think speaking of GDP growth in pure monetary terms is not correct if inflation is at 12%. Essentially it means that if we see the value of goods and services produced at Rs 112, we are essentially at the same level as last year because it represents the same volume. An inflation adjusted GDP groth would provide a better picture.